The End

Album: Approaching Normal (2009)
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  • Here alone, standing barefoot in our lawn,
    Worms squeezing their way through my toes
    Tonight that's how it goes.
    I'm at your window kneeling quiet,
    I thought at least I'd maybe try to get your head right
    Get your heart right
    "Let him go!"

    Then through the glass I see your dress fall to the floor
    As he embraces every inch of you
    The woman I adore.
    I can't believe the way you're bending
    Can't believe this never ending moaning asking him for more
    I heard you begging him for more

    How far will I go
    To make it feel right? "Come home"
    I have to fix this on my own

    Replace my heart,
    Cause I'm convinced mine broke the day I let us end
    Replace my heart,
    I don't wanna live by coping, I'm done with hoping" end

    I creeped in close enough to see the way he touched her,
    From her feet across her knees, inside her sweetest spot
    He pleased and pleased her.
    I turned around and tried to take control, but no control was capable
    It was a centerfold of how less than low can possibly go.

    I squeezed the life into my brain
    Like pushing knives into a vein
    I've gotta get, I've gotta get, I said I've gotta get inside
    So to the back window I crawl in silent standing in the darkness
    Of my living room, my living room
    This used to be my home

    How far will I go
    To make it feel right? "Come home"
    I'm moving forward to the bedroom door

    Replace my heart
    Cause I'm convinced mine broke the day I let us end
    Replace my heart
    I don't wanna live by coping, I'm done with hoping end

    I turn the doorknob with two fingers to be slow
    Enough to sneak into the room among the corner darkness gloom
    I had to see this happening.
    He pushed himself so deep inside her clapping rang and bounced off every wooden walled room
    And that's when all went silent blank except the color red
    As I walked calmly numbing paralyzed beside the bed
    I said "I know I'm not allowed to be here. I just had to see
    How good this new man really fucks you. Cause you both been fucking me.

    "So now I planned the last thing you can both do as a pair
    I tie both blindfolds tight around your fucking eyes to blind your stare
    I don't want to alarm you, but I figured we could end this in what seems easy quick and painless
    So I'll get down to business
    I choose you first, there's a gun, its at your head
    So laugh at me just one more time but keep your face inside the bed
    You sit and watch me while I do this shit and learn from what I've said.
    I cocked the pistol pulled the trigger, and all I saw was red

    Then the screaming oh the screaming
    It's nice to see you scared
    Of such a weak and stupid husband
    Who knows you never really cared
    I'll leave you with a question that I need to hear from your head
    Was all this worth it knowing u have just seconds left to live?

    Now think about your answer, laying face down on the bed
    I cocked the pistol pulled the trigger and all I saw was red
    I gently stroke her arm as she lies lifeless on her back
    Then placed the barrel in my mouth
    All I saw was black. Writer/s: JUSTIN FURSTENFELD, PATRICK LEONARD
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Dan from South FlThis song was the closer only in the explicit album. The clean version has a diffract closer. It’s about a ex husband returning to his form or families home to find the new man in his place. Replaced- and how this result is often quite horrific for the removed party. Powerful. It’s speaks to this madness we’ve all devolved to at some points in our lives.
  • Topher from TexasIt’s not about a man who catches his wife cheating. They are obviously already separated.
  • Linda from Calabasas, CaAndrew is correct about is description. It seems like this was where he lived with his wife......his home where he wanted to fix everything and make it right, but too much had gone wrong. That's why he asks himself.........."How far will I go to make it feel right?" "The End" doesn't just refer to the end of the relationship.........it is the end of their lives, his torment and seems to be his only solution.
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